done fuch gre~t things for us ? ilie that bag much forgiven her, ·loved much, and ifby vertue ofChrifii refurrection we are jufrified from all <~'udiones, how frsould we but love him much ? but that 1 may let gown fome coards of love, whereby to draw our loves to Chrill: in. this rl!fpect, let us confider thus.--- . Lwe is A motion of the appetite, by which the mindeunite'S it fclfe to that whichftnns gogd I'? i;. You may objetl; that Chrift is abfcnt how then {hould our fouls be united te h.im ? but if we confid~ that objeds, though abfent,may be united ~Q the p'owers by their fpecies and images, as weV as by their tru~ beings, . we may thea be f!iid truely to love GlJri~ a~ rai(ed, thp?~h he'~e ·abfenc from U$. come then , ll:irre up thy appetite, bnng lnt6 tpy imagination' the Idea ofChrift ~sin his refurrection; prefeat him' to thy atfedioa of lov~, in that very forme wherein.he appeare~ to his Difciples ; .as ~z.i11gueon t_hedu~y heaut~ of ~efh kindleth the fire ofcarnal love, fo this g,az.ing~n Pltift, apd on th~ paffa.:. ges ofCbrift i~ ~is .relpsreej:~on will 4jpiile this fpiri,tu alJove in thy foul: Dr~w neare then, and beP,old ~im; is, ~e nqt whit~ 4 naruddy., ther;b,iefeft ~.7f1png ten thQu[-ands ? is nothu head .u the Canr,5,10, 11 , mo/f fole got).? are n~ his lofk! b_ttfoJ, and k!4ck._M a raven ? 4re t:o: bioyes t¥ th.H]esof~oves /t!J tlie t,i:vers,of u;a.te~, w_ajhedwi(h rmlk!, ~t1J4Jitly (et? are flO! h~J cheefz.esf? 11 bed of JjNces~ .u [weet flo-wers ? th'\ls I Jni&Qt gg OJl frqm top to toe; but that thou roayft ~ot q_!!ly [~~ w~ glory and beaufy wherei,n he aro~e,but that thou maytt ~e\lre his vo.yc~ ; doth he not call on thee, as fomc~ times he did on M<~ry, on Thom.u, on Peter, or on the twelve? As tbe Apgel[~jd ! WFt.1~ Y{OillRO_, mntmber how he {pak! , when . be w.u yet ill. QfJ/i~(~;. {q fH' ~ t(> thee, r~member how he fpake Lui, 1 4· G. :.wbileh.ewas yet on ca~_th \ {ure1y h~ lips lik! lillyes droppedfweet fmrllin.g myrr.hp. As t~u~.~ I. In hi~ app.arit\.0}1 to Mary, Jlfus fa\th unto her,woma11, why Jl'eepeft thou.? 'rf~om.J~e~ef! ~~o:t? wer~ not thefe kinde words ? Joli.2o.t r· ~ ,apd haG: not tb,ou h~~ the h~e ~ppar~ttop ? haft not thou heard iht li~e fweet words from · Jefus Chrrll:? how 'often hath thy heart fobbed (lnd fighed o~t compla.ints, 0 where is he whom mj foul lovah? I chargeyou 0 d~Jughters of (eru[a/em, if you finde rffJ Cam.r ,!!, ·}tloved, that ye tell him I am jick._ of Jove? \lDd then was not .Chr~ft feen in the mo~nt? was not thy extr~mity his opportunity to do ~hee good? d1d not he befpeak thy <:omfom with thefe I.i iii 2. word§,
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